Day 4, Cardio Recovery

                Oh my gosh, I almost feel human again! This is by far my favorite DVD of the Insanity program. There’s no running, there’s no leaping, there’s no gasping for breath. Do not get me wrong, it is still hard! I was dripping with sweat and my muscles were shaking with the strain. I still had to shake it out on the last few seconds of the exercises. This recovery DVD is a wonderful break for my poor heart though.

                Cardio and I are not friends. In high school my gym teacher made the mistake of not giving us a time limit when we ran the mile. All she asked was we improved our time whenever we did it. So I walked the first mile. Walked a little faster the second time. Totally cheated the system and myself all in one go.

                This morning was like super powered yoga. I thoroughly enjoyed myself today and actually smiled for the first time ever during a workout. There were squats, there were lunges, there were pushups but they were all things I could manage. I recognized some yoga poses, or rather what the poses would look like if they were on steroids. I didn’t escape the soreness either. Today at work I feel like I got sucker punched and have dead arms. My flabs aren’t very happy with me. I have to rotate my whole chair when I turn to look at things; doing more abdominal twists than necessary just isn’t in the cards today.

TIP: CHECK YOUR MAT! I have a regular yoga mat. The Insanity Jump Mat is thicker, tougher, and more equipped to handle the Insanity antics. Today I threw my yoga mat to the side for fear of damaging it. I’m sure the Jump Mat helps the impact of the workout but I am doing just fine on the carpet.

Egg Whites are Disgusting:

                I’m learning a lot about my taste buds in this program. I’ve discovered turkey burgers can be delicious if cooked correctly and can taste like sawdust when not. Feta cheese is not high on my list of things I enjoy. Neither are egg whites. One breakfast recipe in the nutrition book is an Egg White Wrap. 4 egg whites, scrambled. Add a little diced tomato, top with ½ cup low fat mozzarella cheese and roll up in a whole wheat tortilla. Side is a ½ cup of cubed melon. Sounds pretty good right? Well it totally would be… if egg whites weren’t completely flavorless.

I was pretty grossed out after my first bite but finished my breakfast and immediately began pondering how many calories were in regular eggs. With a little help from Google Search I found out that an egg white has 17 calories. Regular eggs have 91. I did some math and created my first substitution to the diet plan. The egg white wrap has 296 calories. 2 regular scrambled eggs on top of a piece of whole wheat toast are about 282 calories. I threw in a little fruit for good measure and called it good. That’s right; I rock my basic math skills.